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Justin Upton

Justin Irvin Upton

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 25, 1987 in Norfolk, VA
High School: Great Bridge (Chesapeake, VA)
Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed January 6, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 2007
Team: Diamondbacks 2007-2010
2011 Contract Status: Signed thru 2015, 6 yrs/$50M (10-15) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2010): 2.060, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Larry Reynolds [*]
Relatives: Brother of B.J. Upton
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2007 19 ARI NL 43 152 140 17 31 8 3 2 11 2 0 11 37 .221 .283 .364 .647 62 51 3 1 0 0 4 9
2008 20 ARI NL 108 417 356 52 89 19 6 15 42 1 4 54 121 .250 .353 .463 .816 106 165 3 4 0 3 6 9
2009 21 ARI NL 138 588 526 84 158 30 7 26 86 20 5 55 137 .300 .366 .532 .899 129 280 10 2 1 4 3 *9/D AS,MVP-25
2010 22 ARI NL 133 571 495 73 135 27 3 17 69 18 8 64 152 .273 .356 .442 .799 111 219 20 4 1 7 5 *9/D
4 Seasons 422 1728 1517 226 413 84 19 60 208 41 17 184 447 .272 .352 .471 .824 112 715 36 11 2 14 18
162 Game Avg. 162 663 582 87 159 32 7 23 80 16 7 71 172 .272 .352 .471 .824 112 274 14 4 1 5 7

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2007 19 ARI NL 152 -8 1 -1 0 -3 -2 4 -9 -0.9 -6 -0.6 -0.3 $ 9
2008 20 ARI NL 417 2 -1 1 1 -7 -5 12 3 0.3 10 1.0 -0.7 $393,000 9
2009 21 ARI NL 588 16 3 -1 1 23 -7 16 51 5.2 28 2.8 2.4 $412,000 *9/D AS,MVP-25
2010 22 ARI NL 571 9 -0 0 0 20 -6 16 38 3.8 18 1.8 2.0 $708,333 *9/D
4 Seasons 1728 19 3 -1 2 33 -20 48 84 8.4 50 5.0 3.4 $1,513,333

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 19 ARI NL NLDS CHC W 2 8 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 .600 .750 .600 1.350 3 0 0 0 0 0
2007 19 ARI NL NLCS COL L 4 11 9 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .222 .364 .556 .919 5 0 2 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 6 19 14 2 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 .357 .526 .571 1.098 8 0 2 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 8 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 .600 .750 .600 1.350 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 4 11 9 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .222 .364 .556 .919 5 0 2 0 0 0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2007 ARI NL 19 OF 42 38 315.1 71 65 1 5 0 .930 -3 2 -11 7 1.88 1.57 .985 2.30 2.29
2007 ARI NL 19 RF 42 38 315.1 71 65 1 5 0 .930 -3 2 -11 8 1.88 1.57 .982 2.18 2.17
2008 ARI NL 20 OF 101 100 860.1 192 175 6 11 2 .943 -7 5 -10 6 1.89 1.79 .985 2.21 2.20
2008 ARI NL 20 RF 101 100 860.1 192 175 6 11 2 .943 -7 5 -10 7 1.89 1.79 .983 2.12 2.11
2009 ARI NL 21 OF 136 134 1180.0 310 294 4 12 1 .961 22 11 23 11 2.27 2.19 .986 2.20 2.18 AS,MVP-25
2009 ARI NL 21 RF 136 134 1180.0 310 294 4 12 1 .961 22 11 23 11 2.27 2.19 .986 2.08 2.06 AS,MVP-25
2009 ARI NL 21 DH 1 AS,MVP-25
2010 ARI NL 22 OF 128 128 1117.0 270 265 1 4 0 .985 20 7 22 7 2.14 2.08 .987 2.17 2.15
2010 ARI NL 22 RF 128 128 1117.0 270 265 1 4 0 .985 20 7 22 8 2.14 2.08 .986 2.10 2.07
2010 ARI NL 22 DH 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons OF 407 400 3472.2 843 799 12 32 3 .962 32 25 11 8 2.10 1.99 .986 2.20 2.19
4 Seasons RF 407 400 3472.2 843 799 12 32 3 .962 32 25 11 8 2.10 1.99 .985 2.11 2.09
4 Seasons TOT 407 400 3472.2 843 799 12 32 3 .962 32 25 11 8 2.10 1.99 .985 2.11 2.09

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2009 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2009 NL (25, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1700th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2009 NL  2.4 (2nd)
2010 NL  2.0 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2010 NL  152 (9th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2010 NL  7 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2010 NL  20 (5th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2009 NL  22.6 (10th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
2009 NL  22 (3rd)
2010 NL  20 (3rd)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 NL  294 (3rd)
2010 NL  265 (4th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2007 NL  5 (5th)
2008 NL  11 (1st)
2009 NL  12 (1st)
2010 NL  4 (4th)
Active  32 (7th)
Career  32 (69th)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 NL  22 (2nd)
2010 NL  20 (1st)
Active  32 (7th)
Career  32 (31st)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2009 NL  2.27 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 NL  2.19 (2nd)
2010 NL  2.08 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
2007 NL  born 1987-08-25 (1st)
2008 NL  born 1987-08-25 (2nd)
2009 NL  born 1987-08-25 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1460), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1245), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Nelson Cruz (959)
  4. Don Lenhardt (958)
  5. Harry Anderson (957)
  6. Jim Greengrass (951)
  7. Adam Jones (949)
  8. Ed Coleman (947)
  9. Jay Bruce (947)
  10. Pedro Munoz (946)
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  1. Ruben Sierra (960)
  2. Dick Kokos (951)
  3. Andruw Jones (949)
  4. Jack Clark (947)
  5. Greg Luzinski (942)
  6. Boog Powell (938)
  7. Jose Canseco (935)
  8. Juan Gonzalez (932)
  9. Whitey Lockman (922)
  10. Jeff Francoeur (921)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Ruben Sierra (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ruben Sierra (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200820Arizona Diamondbacks$393,000
200921Arizona Diamondbacks$412,000
201022Arizona Diamondbacks$708,333
201123Arizona Diamondbacks$4,250,000
201224Arizona Diamondbacks$6,750,000
201325Arizona Diamondbacks$9,750,000
201426Arizona Diamondbacks$14,250,000
201527Arizona Diamondbacks$14,500,000
Earliest Free Agent: 2016
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,513,333Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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